Aimee Struk, MEd, MBA, ATC, was awarded Exactech’s Legacy Award during its inaugural Clinical Coordinator Meeting on August 2, 2018 for her long-term dedication to Exactech’s Multicenter Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcome study. The Clinical Coordinator meeting was held in Portland, Oregon in conjunction with Exactech’s annual Clinical Evaluator Meeting for its shoulder arthroplasty group.
A new University of Florida study finds that 23 percent of adults age 60 and older who underwent a total knee replacement experienced a decline in activity in at least one region of the brain responsible for specific cognitive functions. Fifteen percent of patients declined across all brain networks the team evaluated.
Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, Ed.D., ATC, LAT, FNATA was recently featured in both the August and September 2017 editions of Oprah Magazine.
In the August 2017 edition, Dr. Horodyski discussed the benefits of exercise for helping relieve low back pain:
UF Orthopaedics resident W. Zach Stone received the 1st Place resident research awarded at the 2017 Florida Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting for the study entitled, "Clinical evaluation of alpha defensine in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection."
Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski, EdD, LAT, ATC, FNATA, was recently inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame. NATA is a nonprofit organization representing and supporting members of the athletic training profession. The Hall of Fame is the highest honor an athletic trainer can receive. Honorees will be recognized for their significant, lasting contributions that enhance the quality of health care provided by athletic trainers and advance the profession.
Congratulations to Dr. Rene Przkora and Dr. Hari Parvataneni on their grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Florida.
Dr. Heather Vincent, Trevor Leavitt, Cong Chen and Joseph Wasser worked with the Atlanta Blaze Major League Lacrosse (MLL) team in Atlanta on May 13, 2016. The research team worked with players to develop the first ever on-the-field motion assessment of shooting and throwing motion in different player positions. This pro team and the UF Sports Performance Center are creating new trails in the area of lacrosse science.
Drs. Heather and Kevin Vincent and Laura Ann Zdziarski gave to the community on Saturday February 27th, 2016, at Eastside High School. The team represented the UF Health Sports Performance Center and Division of Research, providing educational materials on injury prevention, sport research and exercise.
Drs. Kalia Sadasivan and Heather Vincent (Co-PIs) obtained a research award for: An Integrated-Delivery-of-Care-Approach to Improve Patient Outcomes, Safety, Well-Being After Orthopaedic Trauma. This collaborative project combines expertise from faculty and staff from research (Drs. Horodyski, Vasilopoulos and LA Zdziarski, J McClelland) and clinical psychiatry (Dr. R.
Laura Ann Zdziarski, ATC, received a research grant from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) in late June of 2015, to support her doctoral research in the Rehabilitation Sceince Doctoral (RSD) Program entitled “Incorporating athletic trainers into an orthopaedic trauma care team to improve patient’s functional and emotional profile.” Laura Ann will be completing her dissertation work in 2016-2017. Academic faculty mentors include Dr.